Releasing applications into production can cause nervousness due to the potential risk of unexpected disruptions for critical clients, prompting reliance on manual, after-hours deployments.
Many companies still use long instruction pages to guide manual deployments, but this method is fraught with the risk of human error, which automation aims to eliminate.
Netflix exemplifies the 'fail-fast' approach with its 'Simian Army' testing tool. However, achieving such confidence in production requires significant organizational maturity.
Modern production deployment strategies are evolving to combat risks through automation, continuous delivery, and advanced techniques like blue-green deployments and canary releases.
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